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(No Model.)

G. O. SNYDER.

FENCE.

Patented June 12, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcE.

GEORGE O. SNYDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY D.H. SNYDER, OF SAME PLACE.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,275, dated June 12,1894:.

Application filed J'nly 1,5, 1893. Serial no. 430,669. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. SNYDER, of

v Chicago, Cook county, and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a fence embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of aflexible metallic strip cut to form picket holding prongs. Fig. 4: is anedge view of the same showing the prongs bent down at an angle to thebody of the strip. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on line 55 ofFig. 2. Fig. 6 shows a modified form of the pronged strip.

The object of my invention is to produce economical and durable fencingwhich may be rolled up readily for storage or transportation; and myinvention consists in the combination with a plurality of flexibleribbon-like supports for the pickets (or other uprights.) the supportshaving integral picket piercing prongs, with a series of pickets (orother uprights) at a distance apart and pierced and held in place by theprongs.

In the drawings, showing the best embodiment of my invention now knownto me, a is a flexible strip of thin metal, which forms a ribbon-likesupport for the pickets (or other uprights) 1). Strip (1 is formed withone or more integral prongs a for each upright, and each upright 12 ispierced by one or more of these prongs and so held in proper relation tothe transverse flexible strips a. These flexible strips are flat-wise onthe pickets so as to withstand strain and weight to which fences arefrequently subjected, as, for example, by persons grasping the tops ofthe pickets in vaulting; and to prevent sagging. It will be plain to allmechanics that if these strips were made of round wire, for example, thefence would sag between the posts 19, and would also become sprung ifsubjected to the strain and weight of a person grasping the pickets toassist in jumping the fence. It is highly important, therefore, thatthese flexible picket-supporting-strips should be of greater width thanthickness, and be set flat-wise on the successively from oppositedirections and on opposite edges of the strip as shown in Fig. 3. Theyare then bent at an angle to the body of the strip and adapted to bedriven'into the pickets.

In Fig. 6, showing a modification of the picket-holding-strip a, theprongs a are cut from the middle of the strip instead of from the edgesthereof.

What I claim is V The herein described improvement in fences, consistingin the combination with a plurality of flexible ribbon-like picketsupports formed with picket-piercing prongs, of a series of pickets,pierced by the prongs and thereby secured upon the supports at adistance apart, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE O. SNYDER. Witnesses:

HENRY D. H. SNYDER, EDWARD S. BEACH.

